Belated Chinese New Year Outfit

Look at this cheeseball...we dressed him up in his Chinese New Year outfit (belatedly...but better late than never) just to take pictures for Grandma & Grandpa. This is the outfit that I purchased in NYC while I was pregnant in their Chinatown. It came with that cute hat with the queue in the back...it was the smallest size they had and Caleb's finally fit into right now...

To me, it looks like his face is changing every day...

Gung Hey Fat Choy!

Gung Hei Fat Choy to Everybody!! On Sunday, Caleb, Jay and I went out to eat at a the Chinese Buffet on Millbrook and we had some dim sum and some lucky steamed buns for lunch to bring in the New Year. Caleb seemed to love the sticky rice and 'sui mai' the best. He was getting very proficient at dropping the foods he didn't want underneath his high chair and making flirty eyes with all the little girls that walked by.

Still Only 7 Teeth

We still only have 7 teeth. I've been trying to get a good picture of it...but it's hard to get a toddler to open wide. The bottom picture shows it fairly well. 3 teeth on the bottom and 4 on top. He's still teething so maybe we'll have the 8th anyday now.

Jay's got Caleb in these matching sweatsuits everyday with the bright white sneakers. We've now graduated to size 5 1/2 and I swear he's got better clothes than we do. Whenever I see him like that I keep expecting him to start break dancing for me....or do a layup. :)

Isn't He Just A Cutie-Pie??

Isn't Caleb just such a cutie-pie? Of course, I have a biased opinion....but I LOVE his haircut. Now our bathtime ritual is minus the hair combing which used to cause us both such distress since his hair used to get knotted in the back where he slept on it.

This car toy (which Auntie Michelle bought last year) is still such a big hit with him. Now he climbs on and starts motoring around in it. He especially loves all the lights and the music. Everytime the music comes on, he shakes his body from side to side...it's his new dance. He used to dance up and down and have both hands up in the air....now his hands are by his side and he wobbles. I'm trying to teach him the 'harlem shake'....j/k.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Caleb's First Hair Cut!!

So yesterday, I finally convinced Jay to cut Caleb's hair....He tried to cut it first with his trimmers...and that didn't work out so well. So then we drove down the street and had the barber(ette) fix it. Now it's SOO Cute!!! Jay admits that it was a good idea to cut his hair even though he wanted to see how curly his hair was going to end up when it's long.

And because Jay cut the top a little too short....I couldn't ask for the mohawk that I wanted :)

Old DayCare Rant and Rave

So I was so mad about this that I couldn't even put it to words last week.

Here's what happened:

Tuesday (of last week), no fever, one loose diaper no other symptoms other than it looked like he was either teething or coming down with a cold since he wasn't as energetic as usual

Wednesday, I called daycare to say that I was going to bring him in later than usual and then called again after I had changed my mind and took him to the doctors instead. Once at the doctor, I called daycare to let them know that they were worried about Strep and to warn the other parents in case the other kids come down with fever.

Thursday, I stayed home with him

Friday, I stayed home with him and then in the evening Daycare called to ask me if I was coming by. I thought that since I owed her payment for the past two weeks that she wanted to get paid. So I had Jay drive over there and drop off the check and pick up the receipt. She never said anything to Jay but instead slipped a note in with the receipt to say that she has been emotionally and physically upset since none of her other kids showed up at daycare for the rest of the week and that she is terminating her services with us.

I told her that it wasn't anything other than a cold but now I've been so mad that I haven't talked to her since.

We went to the doctors today today for a follow-up and when I told them what happened they thought that it was shocking. They said that it was probably good riddance and that I could find better care with a daycare that had a better understanding with babies and their needs/illnesses.

So now we’re at a new dayare – Portia’s Home Daycare who is our neighbor and he’s been there for 3 consecutive days now. Caleb is much more relaxed and now doesn’t require any winding down time when we get home after daycare. Plus, since it’s been cold out here, his outside exposure is down to a few seconds since it only takes us walking him across the street to get to his new daycare.

I couldn’t believe that they could terminate his care like that and I was just so mad that she didn’t even tell me this to my face! I called the daycare licensee people and they said that even though it’s unfortunate, there’s little they can do since she’s privately owned.

All I can say now is that babies get sick and as for causing her emotional distress….there’s probably more to her story than what I’m getting. Whatever the case, hopefully this new daycare will be a better fit.

We're At A New DayCare Today...

We're at a new daycare today. Without getting into too many details, the previous one just wasn't as good a fit as we had hoped. The new one is our neighbor who is a 4 star licensed in home day care so we'll be trying that out. Today is his first day. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. I have high hopes for this one so we'll see.

Also, Caleb has been sick for the last week or so. They thought it was strep so they gave him antibiotic shots everyday for three days and then now he's on a 7 day run of amoxillan. None of their cultures tested positive for strep so I think that the antibiotic is just a precautionary measure. He's gotten better just in the past couple of days so let's hope that it's over now. It's been the worse illness so far.

He goes back to the pediatrician on Friday for a follow-up.